Live fully in midlife and beyond
Yoga.
It may not be the first thing you think about for fitness or fat loss.
But it can get you both.
However, there are also so many other benefits to adding a little Yoga to your life.
It definitely changed my life for the better.
And, believe me, I didn’t expect it to.
I didn’t even want to do Yoga.
Last week I launched the 5-Day Eating for Happy Hormones Challenge.
It was a great week, and I got to meet with some of you too!
So, thank you.
Basically, over the 5 days of the challenge, we tried on 5 habits related to eating for better health and less belly fat.
And we started with WHY.
Continue reading “6 Simple Ways to Create Habits that Stick”Here’s a post I wrote 4 years ago today.
It’s about the darker places your mind can go.
And what to do to come back to yourself.
It ties in well with the topic today in my 5-Day Challenge: Emotional eating.
You can still join us in the Challenge and catch up on what you missed.
Just click on the link above to take you there.
Have a fantastic August 18th.
Continue reading “Traveling to Inner Space”
Perimenopause. Food. Belly fat.
Belly fat in particular is the reason I began working with women in perimenopause.
Because I noticed my own belly was taking up more space.
Even though I hadn’t changed what I was eating.
And even though I was still walking, running, and doing my planks.
My belly just started to show.
Hanging over my pants.
Making me very uncomfortable in my jeans.
And I wanted to understand why.
What I found out then, was that at 46, I was in perimenopause and my hormone levels were shifting.
Continue reading “5-Day CHALLENGE: Eating for Happy Hormones”
I grew up LOVING breakfast.
Still do.
It’s always been my favorite meal of the day.
And up until not so long ago, I’d go to bed imagining what I’d eat when I woke up.
And then, within minutes of waking up, I’d be eating.
Breakfast.
Here are some typical examples of what breakfast was for much of my life:
Continue reading “Do you need to eat BREAKFAST?”
Nine years ago, I began eating a vegetarian diet.
No meat or fish or seafood.
It was out of pure curiosity.
Being a personal trainer at the time, I wanted to know how I’d feel without eating meat.
Without all that animal protein.
Part of me believed that without all that protein, my energy would drop.
That I would feel weaker.
Continue reading “Should you eat a vegetarian (or vegan) diet?”
“I was so GOOD yesterday, I didn’t eat…”
“It was a BAD day, I ate…”
“I bought only GOOD foods this week.”
“There was only crap (BAD) food at the party.”
We have a GOOD and BAD relationship with food.
We label foods as GOOD or BAD.
But we also tend to label ourselves as GOOD or BAD for eating, or not eating, those foods.
What if foods weren’t GOOD or BAD?
Continue reading “Stop playing “GOOD” food, “BAD” food”
Ever heard this Jim Rohn quote: “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with”?
When I first heard this, it really opened my eyes.
I saw the truth in it.
Years ago I noticed that my energy was low, and I was stuggling to accomplish what I really wanted.
And a big part of that was that I was surrounded by people with who weren’t supportive or who didn’t understand what I wanted.
Continue reading “Who are your 5 people?”
Meditation.
It’s a concept I mention in a lot of my posts.
I believe it’s one of the best tools for relieving stress and anxiety.
And it’s been proven scientifically to help with changing habits and learning new concepts.
But I realize that meditation can seem like a woo-woo concept.
Continue reading “What meditation can do for you”
You’ve failed.
You’ve fallen down, fallen off, and fallen right out of the proverbial wagon.
You were doing so well, and then, BAM!
Everything was derailed.
What do you do next?
How do you get up, get back on, and get back into it?
What I mean is, how do you keep moving forward?
Continue reading “5 Steps to Keep You Moving Forward”